Are you stuck in a rut?

It’s easy for Christians to find themselves caught up in the life of cluttered schedules, rhythms, and routines dictated by our culture. Many feel stuck in the routine of life—their jobs, relationships, and daily circumstances. They know it’s not the life they dreamed of. And they feel stuck in a life yearning for deeper meaning.

The Unstuck Bible study has been designed to help guide you out of the ruts and pitfalls that so often ensnare us all. You will be inspired and equipped through the powerful biblical teaching of Mark Batterson, Francis Chan, Lisa Harper and Rich Stearns.

Each of these teachers will draw from the lessons of the award-winning short film Journey to Jamaa—a true story about two kids who are forced to search for hope in a broken world.

The dynamic combination of the film, profound biblical teaching and powerful real-life stories from everyday people will help you and your group get unstuck and back on the path to a life of purpose that God intends for you!

Four powerful sessions:

• Session 1 – Unimaginable with Francis Chan
• Session 2 – Unsafe with Lisa Harper
• Session 3 – Unwanted with Rich Stearns
• Session 4 – Unstuck with Mark Batterson
• Bonus Session 5 - Journey to Jamaa Feature Film

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Why do we work? What is the purpose?

The world tells us that work is just a means to more comfort…more stuff…more me. TV shows and even our misdirected language in the church have hijacked our view of work and belittled it to mundane and meaningless.

But what if there’s more? What if we are divinely place wherever we are? What if it’s about what we can give, not just what we get?

Whether you are a CEO, entrepreneur or manager in your business, you have an enormous opportunity to give people a picture of God by the way you work. You have the potential to impact the world around you for Christ.

In these five motivating video Bible study sessions, you will explore how to bring meaning to your work, how God can use you in the marketplace, how to find the needed energy, and how to work with excellence.
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A five-week Bible study based on The Bible mini-series currently airing on The History Channel.

This five-week study for individuals and small groups is based on some of the epic stories of the Bible, with an emphasis on God’s plan of redemption for mankind through Jesus Christ. This study features inspirational video clips from the The History Channel's epic Bible miniseries that has been viewed by more that 10 million people.

This powerful study is specifically designed to help people:

• See these stories from the Bible like they never have before.
• Discover the scarlet thread of redemption through Jesus Christ woven throughout the Bible.
• Experience a greater insight into God’s amazing love for them personally.
• Understand how their unique story fits within God’s story for all of us.
• Be inspired to read these great stories from God’s Word themselves.

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Slavery didn't end in 1833, when William Wilberforce's decades-long campaign finally resulted in the Slavery Abolition Act. It didn't end in 1863, when Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. It didn't end in 1949, when the United Nations declared trafficking "incompatible with the dignity and worth of the human person." The sad truth is, slavery never ended. It just went underground, where it continues to exploit powerless men, women and children in horrific ways throughout the world.

Now for the good news: you have power.

In Refuse to Do Nothing, "Abolitionist Mamas" Shayne Moore and Kimberly Yim share their stories of coming to terms with the power available to them in their normal, everyday lives to

• illuminate the shadows where those who traffic in people hide
• compel corporations to fight slavery in how their products are made
• motivate politicians to fight for human dignity
• mobilize friends and strangers alike to fight slavery at home and throughout the world

Slavery doesn't end without a fight. But get to know Shayne and Kimberly and their abolitionist friends, and you'll find the power God grants to all who fight for the powerless, and the joy awaiting those who refuse to do nothing.
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We All Have Stories. Some are funny, some are painful—all contribute to who we are. What we don't always see is that God is weaving and overarching story that started before time, extends through history, and will reach far beyond our lifetimes. God extends an inviitation to each of us to step into His story and experience the ongoing narrative of His Word in our lives.

In this unique series based study, your group will join visionary author Ben Arment and four of the most creative and effective communicators in the church today—Leonard Sweet, Chris Seay, Pete Wilson, and Ginny Owens—as they reveal some of their personal stories and expound on key stories in King David's life. Your group will examine the concepts of backstory, setting, plot, conflict, and resolution within the life of David and within your own lives.

Step into the power of God's story and see where He can take you.

 
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Dig deeper into what it means to step up and live a courageous life with Stepping Up: A Call to Courageous Living Video Series. Based on his book by the same title, Dennis Rainey, along with Matt Chandler, Bill Bennett, Tony Dungy, Robert Lewis, Voddie Baucham, Stu Weber, and others unpack what biblical manhood looks like and what it means to be a godly, courageous man in today’s world.

Through engaging stories, expert teaching, humorous vignettes, man-on-the-street interviews, and personal insights, these men's ministry leaders call every man to become courageous leaders in their own lives, marriages, churches, and communities. Accompanied by small-group discussion and individual follow-up exercises, men of every age will learn action tools for gospel-centered living to empower them to be true heroes in their families and communities.

Each session is designed to take about one hour to complete, video sessions average 25 to 30 minutes and small-group discussion averages 20 minutes. Each participant will need a workbook (click the orange button above).
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Learn to Confidently Teach Your Kids About God

Who is shaping what your kids believe?

In these busy, hectic days we take our kids to sports practices, games, music lessons, school tutoring and other activities to give our children the best opportunities for success. But what if we're missing the chance to teach them what matters most?

Our children can grow up smart, athletic, popular and polite but lack a vibrant relationship with Christ. The few hours they spend in church each week can be helpful, but it cannot nurture a faith in our kids that will withstand the trials that are on the horizon. Church alone cannot teach them, we must start at home. But many parents feel ill equipped to develop the faith of their children.

In these six sessions, we will explore biblical and tangible ways that parents—couples, single parents, blended families and grandparents—can build a legacy of faith for their children.

Each Bible study session includes interviews with everyday parents talking about their own doubts, fears and desires. Gary Thomas, Matt Chandler, and Kurt and Olivia Bruner provide powerful teaching that will help you give your kids what they need to build a solid framework for lifelong faith.

Six video-driven sessions:
Session 1 - Faith: It Starts At Home (38 min.)
Session 2 - Marriage: Your Children Are Watching (27 min.)
Session 3 - Relationships: Your First Priority (31 min.)
Session 4 - Truth: What Are Your Kids Learning? (26 min.)
Session 5 - Communication: Each Child is Unique (26 min.)
Session 6 - Character: Preparing Your Kids For the Real World (26 min.)

This series includes 8 real-life stories, 6 filmed Family Night Activity examples, and 6 original illustrations including:

    •    Trials Build Deeper Trust - Matt Chandler, Lead Pastor of The Village Church near Dallas, and his wife, Lauren, share how the Lord has expanded their faith and caused them to live more intentionally with the discovery of Matt’s malignant brain tumor.
    •    Upstairs/Downstairs - This family night activity helps children understand that God did for us what we could not do for ourselves.
    •    Viewmaster - In this moving illustration, a boy’s magic viewfinder helps him see pivotal moments in his family’s past. This clip will encourage parents to be intentional about raising their children.

A downloadable Leader's Guide will be available for purchase. Group handouts are available online for free.

Also visit www.ItStartsatHome.org for more parenting resources and tools
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What if everything you think about money is wrong?

Most of us believe that the more we have the richer we become. This is an age-old assumption considered as true as the law of gravity. Thousands of books have offered steps, formulas, makeovers, investment guides, motivational stories and philosophies to set the non-rich on the sure road to riches. But is there more to becoming rich than the accumulation of money?

The Root of Riches is bursting with insight and practical examples. This series based on the first book by Chuck Bentley, CEO of Crown Financial Ministries, will change how you think about money and transform how you live.
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The Enemy will never “waste a good crisis,” so neither should we as God’s people. We can turn everyday adversity into advantage by loving others and leading them into God’s Kingdom during their time of need.

The signs are around us everyday. We are truly in times of economic hardship, and some would even say that we are hinging on an Economic Event of Biblical Proportions. The idea of preparing for hardship is a timeless concept. How can you protect your family in the midst of financial crisis?

God’s Word provides proven principles for preparing you to do well in any economic situation. The S.A.L.T. Plan™ is a culmination of those principles compiled into a practical guide that provides both biblical wisdom and sound advice to help you carefully plan for hard times, while continuing to be faithful with your God-given resources.

Easily adapted for businesses and entire church congregations in the form of group studies, we suggest that individuals and families join together within larger organizations to help support each other while implementing the various aspects of the plan. Are you ready to commit to being salt and light in a darkening world?
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What if the rumors are true?

The Rumors of God Study is a call to Christians seeking a vision of the life God is calling them to, one that transcends the shallowness of our culture. This series-based small group study will challenge group members to reject what is plausible and to cry out for God to bring what is possible in their lives and in the church.

Authors Darren Whitehead and Jon Tyson share compelling stories about the work and activity of God today. Packed with fresh cultural observations and illuminating Scriptural insights, the Rumors of God Study will ignite a passion in your heart to see your faith come to life. 
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33 The Series: A Man and His Design is a 6 session Bible study that builds upon many of the timeless truths taught by Robert Lewis in the original Men's Fraternity curriculum but also includes new material on authentic manhood. The series is designed to inspire and equip men to pursue authentic manhood as modeled by Jesus Christ in His 33 years on earth. Volume I contains six sessions that explore the basic foundations of authentic manhood and God's clear design for men.

This first volume of 33 starts with meaningful insights into the current state of manhood, which will help men navigate through some realities that have created cultural confusion. It follows by unfolding God's mandates for all men and offering a clear definition of authentic manhood that will help men on their journey. Each participant will learn the four "faces" of manhood and how to anticipate and transition through the specific seasons of life.

Please Note: Each man participating in this study will need a 33 The Series Volume 1 Training Guide. Navigate right to the product on www.authenticmanhood.com by clicking the orange Books, Workbooks and Handouts button above. Viewing a session without a training guide is not recommended.
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In a culture built on consumption--especially of food--it is easy to forget the poor that Jesus cared so much about. Following the pattern of his successful Advent Conspiracy, Chris Seay invites readers on a journey of self-examination, discipline, and renewed focus on Jesus that will change their lives forever.

He challenges readers to eat like the poor for forty days in solidarity with a much-neglected group of people, and to donate the money they save on groceries to a charity or project that serves the poor in concrete ways. But he doesn't expect them to go it alone. A Place at the Table includes a short chapter for each of those forty days with Scripture, reflections, prayers, encouragement, and tips for engaging the whole family in the process. The six-session series, shot in such locations as the Holy Land, Haiti, and Ecuador, will help small groups and entire churches go on a passionate journey of radical faith, personal action, solidarity with the poor, and extravagant grace.
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MOST OF US SPEND OVER HALF OUR LIVES AT WORK
 
Whatever it is you fill the 9–5 with—planting crops, building cars, taking care of patients, teaching students, running a business—work is where we spend most of our waking hours.
 
We often forget to connect our faith to our work. We don’t consider the reasons God may have us at our job. We don’t think about the purpose and meaning we could bring to our work. We simply focus on how it makes us feel.
 
But what if we saw our work as an opportunity to worship?
 
In these three inspiring video Bible study sessions, you will discover your mission is in the marketplace. Around the conference table, around the water cooler, or around the cubicle, you have an opportunity to worship the God who created you.
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Most parents would give anything to anchor their children with a vibrant faith that “sticks” and continues to mature into adulthood. Yet, despite this deep desire, research indicates that approximately 40-50% of high school seniors drift from their faith after graduation.

The Sticky Faith Parent Curriculum is a video-based study that came from Kara Powell’s desire to see her own kids emerge from adolescence with their faith intact. Through personal, real-world experiences of research and sharing, the Sticky Faith Parent Curriculum enables parents to instill a deep and lasting faith in their adolescents. This video curriculum presents powerful strategies and practical ideas to help parents encourage their children’s spiritual growth, enabling them to develop a faith that sticks.
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WHAT MAKES MARRIEDPEOPLE SMALL GROUPS DIFFERENT?


When it comes to content, we believe that if you teach less, couples will learn more. We believe in less content more often. We believe giving couples a consistent language throughout every environment allows them to build on what they have learned. We call this core content—
Core 4 Habits of a Great Marriage:

• Have Serious Fun
• Respect and Love
• Love God First
• Practice Your Promise

MarriedPeople Volume Two builds on, but doesn’t depend on, MarriedPeople Small Groups Volume One. Every session explores each Core Habit in a different way than in previous volumes. For instance, in Small Groups Volume One, under the Core Habit: Have Serious Fun, we look at the importance of dating. While in Volume Two under the Core Habit: Have Serious Fun, we look at the tone of your home.
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The Choices that Change Your Life Forever

Moments of decision. Your life is full of them, and how you respond can have lifelong impact. The decision process can be as intense as a crucible—a vessel in a refining fire, a place where precious substances are tested, purified, and strengthened.

That’s a picture of the process God uses in our lives. When the heat is on, what decisions will we make? What kind of character rises to the surface?

The sessions in this series explore six areas of tension in our lives:

• Image vs. Character
• Fear vs. Faith
• Circumstances vs. Truth
• Deception vs. Integrity
• Arrogance vs. Humility
• Disappointment vs. Expectancy

God will use the choices we make in these areas to transform us into people after His own heart—and shape our lives forever.

 
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Jesus loves the Church. Established and redeemed by Christ, the Church is an avenue through which He reveals Himself and is the foundation on which He displays His glory.

More than a building made up of windows and walls, the Church is people, followers of Jesus with beating hearts whose lives reflect His faithfulness and love in all of life.

The Church is us - an assembly of imperfect people covered with His banner of grace with voices ringing out the redemption story of Jesus. Standing on the shoulders of those who have gone before us, we are charged with carrying His Bride into the future. Generation after generation, lives woven together in pursuit of His cause. He is our God. We are His people - His Church.
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Throughout life everyone experiences pain along the way. From guilt to rejection to shame, we all have devastating hurts that we carry with us. We store our pain in the "hurt pocket" of our hearts as it grows year after year.

Our unresolved hurts impact every relationship in our lives. In this inspiring series, Jimmy Evans will show you:

• How to identity and resolve life hurts
• God's desire to heal you and redeem you
• The steps to making peace with your past
• How to create a positive legacy for generations

Experience a new level of freedom and fulfillment as you heal from the hurts of life.
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Are you choosing failure today without even realizing it?

We serve a great God who has made everyone in His image and has called all of us to a life of greatness- no one has been called to a life of mediocrity or failure. However, many people just don't know how to get there. They've never been shown the way, or maybe they have some major obstacles to overcome, but they still hear the whisper of greatness in their hearts.

This series from Jimmy Evans is designed to help every person attain God's call to greatness. Studying the life of King David reveals a truly great man and a man after God's heart.

David was a truly human, fallible man who attained greatness in spite of failures and setbacks. This example reveals how all of us can become great for God.
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In the wake of the stunning findings his book unChristian shared with the world about younger generations' disenchantment with Christianity over the past few decades, Gabe Lyons became an active participant in most every discussion about the future of Christianity in the U.S. and the world.

The Next Christians, a six-session video curriculum, takes into account recent efforts at Christian renewal, addressing the significant challenges that could undermine the viability of Christianity if the faithful do not employ a completely new outlook. Lyons looks ahead, citing current day models and examples, of how Christianity over the next 100 years can and must adapt, as he optimistically paints a picture of how Christianity’s best days just might lay ahead as a new generation rediscovers their faith in this unprecedented new era in the West.
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This four-session video-based study will help participants gain a deeper understanding of prayer and, in turn, make a more consistent practice of prayer. It will give viewers new vocabulary and methodology to pray with a holy confidence. It will help participants dream big, pray hard and think long.

The four video sessions combine a teaching element with a creative element to draw viewers into the circle. Through this combination, participants will gain old theology and new methodology for prayer. The four-week study will not only revolutionize the personal prayer life of each participant, but together the group will form a prayer circle around each other’s challenges, opportunities and dreams. Each session wraps up with a practical application called “Draw the Circle,” giving participants the opportunity to put the prayer principles they have learned into practice.
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The measure of a life transformed...

We want to be different, but we don't want to change. Our attempts at spiritual formation and growth are consistently sabotaged by our surface efforts that never quite get to the root of the problem. We think we know what we're supposed to do, but we're not quite sure who we're supposed to be on the other side of transformation.

In SoulShift, Steve DeNeff and David Drury offer an approach to spiritual transformation which focuses less on measuring how much time we are spending on spiritual inputs—such as Bible study and prayer—and more on measuring who we are becoming in Christ.

Christians at any stage of life will experience a fresh beginning in following Jesus. You will learn about seven key transformational shifts that occur in the minds, hearts, and behaviors of every true follower of Christ. And you will receive practical help for bringing about these shifts in your own life.

Let Christ free you from guilt-driven spirituality to experience the measure of a life transformed.
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"The ever present ache of exile rises above the comforting sounds of the river, as the image of the house of the LORD in ruins breaks the peace. . . . Despite the warmth of the fire, he feels a chill. He wraps his cloak around him and looks into the eager faces of his people, then closes his eyes. 'Picture this scene . . .'"

Before the Bible was a book, it was flesh and blood.

In this series, you can travel with Sean Gladding between the lines of the Scriptures to listen in on the conversations of people wrestling with the Story of God for the first time. Whether sitting around a campfire in Babylon, reclining at table in Asia Minor or huddled together by candlelight in Rome, you'll encounter a tale that is at once familiar and surprising.

Sean Gladding presents an account of the Bible that pays attention to its audience as well as its message. He introduces you to people who may remind you of yourself or your family, friends and coworkers. As much as the Bible is a story about God, it's also a story about you--and all of us--as we encounter God in a new way. Show more Show less MORE

In this six-session video study, popular pastor and bestselling author Max Lucado gives you a fresh perspective on how your daily life relates to God’s grand, epic story. Your journey of faith will come alive as you explore the divine narrative in New Testament and contemporary characters, and discover how the ancient stories of Scripture reveal God’s plans for you today. Join America’s favorite Christian author for a personal look at the story of God’s eternal redemption being told through your individual story right now.

Designed for use with the God’s Story, Your Story Participant’s Guide.
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An eloquent weaving of art, Scripture, and spiritual insight, Pursuing God's Beauty will take you into the riches of the Gospel of John. Whether you are watching on your own or with a group, you'll find breathtaking portraits of salvation, redemption, and restoration. Filmed in an art studio, this six session study explores what it means to celebrate and radiate the beauty of Christ in your own life.
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The book of Genesis reminds us that God hs been telling our love story since the foundations of the world. God is all-powerful, all-knowing, abounding in imagination, creativity, mystery, and wisdom. And even when we question God's love or act in disobedience, God pursues us. This six-session Bible study is designed to take participants through the book of Genesis and explore the unflinching love of our Creator.
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[Guardrails: a system designed to keep vehicles from straying into dangerous or off-limit areas.]

They're everywhere, but they don't really get much attention . . . until somebody hits one. And then, more often than not, it is a lifesaver. Ever wonder what it would be like to have guardrails in other areas of your life—areas where culture baits you to the edge of disaster and then chastises you when you step across the line? Your friendships. Your finances. Your marriage.
 
Maybe your greatest regret could have been avoided if you had established guardrails. In this six-session study, Andy Stanley challenges us to stop flirting with disaster and establish some personal guardrails.
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RESPONSIBILITIES.

We all have them. But we don't all take them as seriously as we ought to. Wouldn't it be great, though, if we all took responsibility for the things we are responsible for? Wouldn't it be great if you took responsibility for everything you're responsible for? It's time to stop the finger-pointing and excuse-making and to remove the “ir” in irresponsible.

In this 4-part series, Andy Stanley tells us it’s time to ask ourselves, “Am I REALLY taking responsibility for my life?”
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In this expanded edition of I Saw the Lord, revival speaker and president and CEO of AnGeL Ministries Anne Graham Lotz calls Christians to wake up to the fact Jesus may come in their lifetime. She shows us how we can experience an authentic, deeper, richer relationship with God through a life-changing, fire-blazing personal revival.
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Normal people are stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving. Even though we live in one of the most prosperous places on earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead. Lust and frequent “casual” sex are far more common than purity and a healthy married sex life. And when it comes to God, the majority believe in him, but the teachings of Scripture rarely make it into their everyday lives. Simply put, normal isn’t working.

In this six-session, video-based study, Groeschel’s WEIRD views will help you break free from the norm to lead a radically abnormal (and endlessly more fulfilling) life.
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Address your biggest questions about life and faith with guidance from Max Lucado.

For 25 years men and women have turned to Max Lucado for answers, encouragement, and insight into every facet of their lives. Together with Max they’ve journeyed through life’s most exciting and challenging times—births, deaths, financial ups and downs, spiritual quests, and relational adventures. And Max has become a trusted advisor, pastor, and friend in times of need. Now, more than ever, Max’s wisdom is needed to help readers navigate the tumults of every-day life.

In the Max on Life study, Max  addresses questions about the role of prayer, the purpose of pain, and the reason for our ultimate hope. He responds to the day-to-day questions—parenting quandaries, difficult relationships—as well as to the profound: Is God really listening?

With four sessions featuring real-life stories of people who have faced the situations that give birth to some of our biggest questions about life and faith, Max on Life is the perfect individual or small group study for both new and mature believers.
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Beat Debt & Leave a Legacy!

 

The Great Recovery is a grassroots movement spread by people who are tired of looking to Washington for answers. The truth is that the government can’t fix this economy. It’ll be restored one family at a time, as each of us takes a stand to return to God and grandma's way of handling money.  Together, we’ll bring this country back on track—one family, one church, one community at a time.
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To understand the Bible, says author and pastor Randy Frazee, you need bifocal lenses, because two perspectives are involved. The Lower Story, our story, is actually many stories of men and women interacting with God in the daily course of life. The Upper Story is God’s story, the tale of his great, overarching purpose that fits all the individual stories together like panels in one unified mural.

Bestselling author Max Lucado also adds some introductory insights. Through these 31 video sessions, The Story curriculum will open your eyes to God’s master-plan as it unfolds in the lives of the Bible’s characters. Discover the heart of God’s Upper Story and the joy that comes as you align your story with God’s.
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This honest, hard-hitting, and eye-opening look into the ways people believe in God but live as if he doesn’t exist is a classic in the making. You believe in God, attend church when it’s convenient, and you generally treat people with kindness. But, have you surrendered to God completely, living every day depending upon the Holy Spirit?

In this six-session study, pastor and author Craig Groeschel will urge you and your group to be more than just “Christian” in name, to be honest before God, and to break free of hypocrisy to live a more authentic, God-honoring life.
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Where is God when I need Him?

When we look around at the pain, loss and hurt in our world and even in our own lives, we can’t help but wonder, “God, don’t you see this? Can’t you do something about this? Where are you?”

In these four Bible study sessions, Margaret Feinberg uses fresh insights and Biblical teaching to study four verbs that Scripture uses in connection with God. When we understand God’s active nature, we realize how God is always active and engaged in our lives. Even when we can’t see or feel him, God is constantly on the move and working.
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Why Me? Why am I here? Why did this happen? Can you help me understand? Where’s the lifeline? Where can I turn? Is there any hope?

We have questions. Real, important and challenging questions. Questions about family, finances, and forgiveness. Unsettling questions regarding illness, death and eternity. Don’t we crave answers to these questions that tug on the deepest parts of our hearts?

Max Lucado has received thousands of questions and wrestled with plenty of his own. In these eight Bible study sessions, one of today’s most trusted pastors takes on life’s most important questions. Here’s hoping that his answers to the questions of others will help you find answers to your own.
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Are You a Follower?

Every day, the world screams at us, “You’re number one. Look out for yourself—your own comfort and happiness.” But that’s not what Jesus said. He told us to follow him. And following him means we’re not number one—Jesus is.

In these four video Bible study sessions, Pete Briscoe explores what it means to surrender to Jesus and the dynamic impact following Christ will have on our personal lives, our relationships, and our service to others.
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You have a story. So does the guy sitting next to you at Starbucks, the lady in the car next to yours at the stoplight, your best friend, your boss. A story of plans that fizzled, people who let you down, or goals that came to nothing. A story of a time you had to turn to Plan B.

So, what do you do with a shattered dream? Or an unmet expectation? How do you accept your Plan B when God doesn’t show up the way you thought he would?

In his book Plan B, Pete Wilson showed how God often does His best work in our most hopeless situations. In this series, Pete shows you how to take the ideas in the Plan B book and apply them to your life. With powerful real-life stories of disappointments and tragedy along with biblical stories and teaching, Pete will lead you and your small group through the process of discovering the Plan B for your life, accepting your story, and embracing it as your reality. The Plan B experience offers you the chance to share with and embrace a community of believers as you begin a journey of real healing and change.
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Discover a meaningful and adventurous faith

The perfect resource for small groups, book clubs, church-wide sermon series, and personal study, Surrendered and Untamed is a four-part video series that invites you to partake in an incredible 65-day, 692-mile unsupported trek in the most hostile environment in the world. With stunning cinematography and inspiring music, you'll journey with extreme explorer Alex Harris on his monumental walk to the South Pole through bone-numbing winds and subzero temperatures.

Host Mark Batterson guides you in this adventure, drawing poignant and life-changing spiritual truths from the journey. Reminding us that when we don't have the guts to take risks, we rob God of the glory that comes with success, Mark calls us to stop playing it safe and step out in faith. God promises victory, but like Alex we must take each and every difficult step to get there.

So start living a surrendered life . . . so that you will be free to live untamed.
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In a world of uncertainty, pain, and struggle, where do you find solid assurance and unshakeable truth?

In The Shelter of God’s Promises Bible Study, gifted Bible teacher and inspiring speaker Sheila Walsh primes Scripture for what God has promised us, what God's promises mean, and how these promises provide the foundation for daily confidence, joy, and hope.

With engaging video and rich Bible study content, Sheila weaves powerful personal testimony with Scripture to help you gain a trust in God that will sustain you for a lifetime.
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What happens when the Holy Spirit moves powerfully within a church?

In this six-session study, you will not only learn about the person of the Holy Spirit, you will learn: How to make room for the Spirit’s action in your life and in your church; how God wants to work through your gifts and talents to enable you to do what only he can do; how to listen for the voice of the Spirit in prayer and how to apply God’s Word to your life; how the Spirit can bring healing to your body, your emotions, and your relationships; how a life lived in the presence of the Spirit can transform the church and the world; and how your church can become a place where people regularly experience God’s presence and his power.

Pastor and bestselling author Jim Cymbala shows you how to welcome God’s Spirit in a way that can invigorate your church and infuse a fresh sense of his power in your life.
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Unemployment is up. Stocks are down. And everybody’s pointing fingers.   If you are like most Americans, you’re wondering what’s going on in Washington. And you’re probably wondering what you’re supposed to do while you wait for somebody to fix things.   Well, here’s an idea.   What if we don’t wait around for somebody else? What if we go ahead and start fixing it ourselves? What if “We the People” tried to get this country on the road to recovery?   Sound like a good idea?   Then you’re ready for Recovery Road.
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*Contains Mature Teaching Topics*

This teaching series looks at a document penned about 4,000 years ago that will put the most romantic, passionate individual on the planet to absolute shame. The goal is not shame, of course, but rather guidance and encouragement. Solomon is going to speak from the dead (so to speak), and give practical, helpful, biblical, time-tested guidance on how to have a thriving romantic relationship, no matter if you are married or single.
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Awaken the Families in Your Church

It's hard enough to train kids to behave, but good behavior isn't what Jesus calls for in the Bible. He wants hearts and souls that are shaped in vibrant faith and love toward God and others. How can parents cultivate this in their children?


Spiritual Parenting is a six-part video series that empowers parents to be the primary nurturers of their children's faith and teaches them how to create a home environment God can use to work in their children's lives. Families will be transformed as they learn how to create space for God-encounters in everyday life.
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"MarriedPeople has done an amazing job of keeping the content POWERFULLY SIMPLE. The approach is fresh, experiential, fun, guy-friendly, and requires no heavy reading or preparation—all things couples seem to be looking for." - Reggie Joiner, Founder and CEO of Orange

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
The great news is that we all want to have a great marriage, and most of us are willing to do what it takes to have them. The bad news is most of us don't think we know what it takes because we have been convinced that having a great marriage is VERY complicated.

WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
Here's the good news: God's way for marriage might not be easy to live out, but it is certainly easy to understand. God gives us only a few verses on how husbands and wives should love each other. Maybe he did that on purpose. From the precious few Scripture verses on marriage come the . . .
Core 4 Habits of a Great Marriage:
• Have Serious Fun
• Respect and Love
• Love God First
• Practice Your Promise
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The Change Agent Video Course teaches you truths from God’s word via power point slides, video excerpts and small group discussion that will allow you to have a greater influence for God’s Kingdom purposes.  The course is designed for individual use, or in a large audience or group/class format.

Here are just some of the things you will learn in the course:

• You will learn why the spiritual foundations in our American culture have been eroding for many decades, how this has affected us, and how this applies to other nations.
• You will discover the seven "cultural mountains" that most define our worldview and why it only takes a small percentage of people to shift a cultural mountain of influence.
• You will learn the six unique stages God uses to call a change agent into his or her assignment that are also repeated in the lives of most of the biblical and modern day change agents.
• You will grow in the knowledge and the ways of God so that you can apply these life-changing truths to your personal life with God.
• You will learn why God limits His activity to partnering with human beings through intercession.
• You will understand from the example of Jesus how to have the greatest influence in the culture.
• You’ll understand the role adversity plays in calling and understand root causes.
• And much more

During the latter part of the course you will hear from my good friend, Dr. Lance Wallnau.  Lance is one of our earliest pioneers on how to apply the seven cultural mountain philosophy for impacting culture.  There is also a special bonus Q & A session with Lance Wallnau, myself and my good friend and pastor, Johnny Enlow, that will help you better understand the application of what you have learned in the course.
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Family Works is an exciting new series that profiles the stories of family businesses and the joys and challenges that come as families work together.  These stirring stories of self-sacrifice and service to others will encourage, inspire and entertain viewers, while teaching valuable life and business knowledge.   The Family Works Series is a captivating blend of entertainment, inspiration and practical business instruction that features business profiles from a variety of family enterprises.  The series features families that are working together for the glory of God as they order their lives of faith, family and business.

Volume 2 features family profiles of Compass Advisors, Seraphim Energy and Agstrong.
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Face the Fear. Attack the Debt. Be Free.

If you think about it, the cover of this package could illustrate both scenarios – a life vulnerable to a mounting flood of debt, or a life rising above it toward a stronger financial position. Which best describes your current situation?

There’s no denying that debt takes a toll on us financially, emotionally, relationally, and spiritually. That’s why this study is so crucial! In less than two hours, the Eliminating Debt video study will help you create a plan to attack your debt and be free from the dangers of debt dependence.

Main topics covered:

• Five reasons why people dive too deep into debt
• Steady, practical ways to eliminating debt
• How to address special issues like credit scores, dealing with creditors, and bankruptcy

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Join Wade Myers, founder of New Venture Lab and the president of the Venture Academy, an entrepreneurship training program with a course of instruction that includes lectures and Harvard Business School case studies presented in a Biblical framework, as he presents the biblical case for entrepreneurship.
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Have you given up on your dreams? Maybe you feel like you've been disqualified by the mistakes of your past or that it was too painful to keep believing. God has a dream for each of us to follow, a specific purpose and destiny for our lives. Discovering God's dream for your life creates nothing but joy and satisfaction. It all begins by realizing the dream in your heart and how to make it happen.

Inspired by the biblical story of Joseph, this life-changing series will show you:

• Why you are loved and infinitely valuable
• There is a plan for your life and steps to put it into motion
• How to reach your full potential
• The impact you will have on future generations

Experience what can happen when you give yourself permission to dream.
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Essentials of Parenting brings top childrearing experts into your home or church-with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

Essentials of Parenting: The Power of Love shows you to enrich and enjoy the bond between your child and yourself. You'll also discover that when it comes to passing along your faith and values, a good relationship with your son or daughter is the sharpest tool in every parent's toolbox.
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Everybody needs the essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Essentials of Parenting ™ brings top childrearing experts into your home or church - with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

Essentials of Parenting: Be Prepared presents practical plans for dealing with dangers including internet porn, alcohol, drugs, eating disorders, and premarital sex. You'll see how to resist the impulse to overprotect your child - and gain insights to help you prepare him or her for the world of today and tomorrow.
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The true story of how Abby Johnson went from Planned Parenthood clinic director to leading voice for life and women in crisis

Abby Johnson made a courageous decision when she walked away from her job as the director of a key Planned Parenthood clinic in Texas and walked into the office of the Coalition for Life down the street. Yet that turning point was preceded by years of searching—and a moment of pure awakening.

Little did she know that her one decision would turn into a national news story or that she'd immediately go from being a leader for Planned Parenthood to being a very public figure in the right-to-life debate.

Now in Unplanned, the documentary based on her sensational book of the same title, Abby takes you back to the Planned Parenthood clinic where she worked for years as a pro-choice advocate. You'll hear directly from Abby how a few moments in a room of that same clinic changed her perspective, and her life, forever.

In this intriguing and inspirational story, you'll follow Abby on a journey into her past- through her wresting with an incredible personal dilemma and making a difficult choice—and ultimately to her current mission to fight for life and help women in crisis.
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In the New York Times bestselling book The Reason for God, Timothy Keller established himself as a modern-day C. S. Lewis who brings together faith and intellect, theology and popular culture, modern-day objections and historic Christian beliefs. Now fans of the book will find resources to help them engage with those same objections, drawing on recent scholarship and debates.

The Reason for God curriculum can be used individually, in groups, or by any believer who is engaging with friends who don’t share his or her beliefs. Christians will be challenged to wrestle with their friends and neighbors’ hardest questions, and to engage those questions in ways that will spark an honest, enriching, and humbling dialogue.

The Reason for God curriculum captures a live and unscripted conversation between Timothy Keller and six panelists discussing their objections to Christianity.
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The New York Times bestseller 90 Minutes in Heaven is now available with an inspiring video curriculum. This seven-week Bible study on the subject of heaven was created specifically for small groups or a church-wide campaign. Based on Don Piper's incredible true story and recorded by Piper himself, this curriculum will encourage participants to discover the wonder and joy they can have as they live with the expectation of the place God has prepared for them.

The seven weeks of the study address the questions:

• When we die, do we enter heaven in the next instant?
• Does God still work in miraculous ways?
• Who will be in heaven?
• What is heaven like?
• Are angels real?
• Does heaven change anything about our lives now?
• Why are we here and should we be longing for heaven?

Churches of all sizes, small groups, Bible study groups, and even therapy groups will find this thought-provoking material helps their members see life's troubles in a whole new light.
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What does it look like to walk with God? We all know relationships take effort and time and intentionality. Like crops from the soil, our souls, our relationships need nurturing in order to bear fruit.

In The Open Table: An Invitation to Walk with God, Don Miller and his friends have created a guide to cultivating and nurturing your soul in such a way that something can grow, something that will sustain you, namely a relationship with God.

Perfect for individual or small group use, with state-of-the-art video and powerful personal testimonies, this second installment of The Open Table is infused with humor, truth, history, and above all, honesty.
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We are all faced with decisions that we never anticipated having to make. And, we usually have to make them quickly.

In this four session video group study, author and pastor Andy Stanley discusses four questions that will help participants make sound decisions with God’s help. Follow Andy as he teaches how every decision and its outcomes become a permanent part of your story, what to do when you feel the need to pause before taking action, and how to make more of this life by making sound decisions.

Each session includes 15-20 minutes of teaching from pastor and author Andy Stanley.
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We all know what’s required to fall in love… a pulse. Falling in love is easy. But staying there—that’s something else entirely.

With more than a thousand matchmaking services available today and new ones springing up all the time, finding a romantic match can be easier than ever. But staying together with the one you’ve found seems to be the real challenge. So, is it possible for two people to fall in love and actually stay there? Absolutely! Let Andy Stanley show you how in this four-session, video-based study. Each session includes 15-20 minutes of teaching from pastor and author Andy Stanley.
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Join bestselling author and pastor Bill Hybels as he casts vision for what life can look like when directed by divine input from above. In this four-session video-based study, your group will learn to navigate life through whispers from God….whispers that arbitrate key decisions, whispers that rescue you from a dark night of the soul, whispers that spur on growth, whispers that come by way of another person, whispers that open your eyes to the terrible plight people face in this world.
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What Should Our Worship Look Like?

In this ten-session series, John Piper looks to the Bible to help individuals and churches discover the true nature of worship. Perfect for small groups or Sunday school classes, these ten lessons highlight the truth that if our God is both inestimabley glorious and infinitely happy, our worship will have both gravity and gladness.
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Can I tell you how I really feel?

Guilt, shame, entitlement, bitterness, grief-stricken ... our relationships with others surface a variety of feelings.   In these three Bible study sessions, viewers will experience the Prodigal Son story of the Bible through the eyes of the younger son, the elder son and the father as performed in separate, dramatic films by professional actor/writer, Jason Hildebrand.

After each short film, Chris Seay will walk us through the scripture helping us to understand how jealousy, selfishness and forgiveness affect our own lives and relationships.
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Renowned teacher, writer of the acclaimed The Spirit of the Disciplines, and one of today's most brilliant Christian thinkers, Dallas Willard now offers a new six-session study—a timely and challenging call back to the true meaning of Christian discipleship. Gracefully weaving biblical teaching, popular culture, science, scholarship, and spiritual practice into one cohesive group study, Willard shows Christians everywhere the necessity of making profound changes in how we view our lives and live out our faith.

This video-based group study masterfully captures the core of Christ's teachings in a fresh, relevant light, revealing a revolutionary way to experience God … by knowing Him as an essential part of the here and now, rather than only as a part of the hereafter. Based on the Sermon on the Mount, the author calls Christians into a more authentic faith and then offers a practical plan by which we can answer the call.
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Join author and pastor Timothy Keller in Gospel in Life—an eight-week video based study of the gospel and how to live it out in your everyday life.

In week one you and your group will study the city, your home now, the world that is. Week eight closes with the theme of the eternal city, your heavenly home, the world that is to come. In between you’ll learn how the gospel can change your heart, your community, and how you live in this world.
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Why isn’t God making my life easier?

Life is hard. We pray and ask God to help, but many times it seems like he’s not there. We know God can perform miracles, yet our problems often remain. Is God listening? Does God care?

In these four Bible study sessions, Todd Phillips leads a team to Russia to climb Mount Elbrus, the tallest mountain in Europe. Todd uses their perilous trek as a backdrop to explore how God works with us through the challenges in our lives.
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What tough questions do you have about Jesus?

Culture is blurring the lines between different faiths. It is increasingly difficult for people to grasp how their faith in Jesus Christ is unique.

In these four powerful video Bible study sessions, David Nasser addresses the tough questions that people have about Jesus and points them back to the scriptural truths about our Savior.  

Filmed on location all throughout Israel and includes teaching from Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Sea of Galilee, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Mount of Olives and the Mount of the Beatitudes.
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Many Christians believe that our future in heaven is all that really matters. But that's not what the Bible teaches.

Gain an exciting new vision for your life on earth in light of your future in heaven. Wonderful as is the promise of heaven, a glorious hereafter is just part of what salvation is about. What about today? Our lives here and now are of tremendous consequence, and what we believe about the future has a direct impact on how we live in the present. In six transforming, faith-inspiring sessions, premier biblical scholar N. T. Wright reveals the amazing full scope of what God's Word has to say about the world to come and the world that is.

What is heaven really like? Is our main duty as Christians simply to help non-Christians get there? What hope does the gospel hold for this present life, and in what ways does God intend for us to experience that hope personally and spread its healing power to the world around us?

Ideal for Bible studies, Sunday school classes, and groups large or small, Surprised by Hope will give participants a clearer vision both of the future and of God's kingdom at hand today.
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In ten, fifteen-minute presentations, John Piper instructs small groups and classes in the essentials of making their lives count for eternity.

Most people slip by in life without a passion for God, spending their lives on trivial diversions, living for comfort and pleasure... and perhaps trying to avoid sin. Yet as John Piper teaches in this series and its companion materials, God has designed us for far more than this. We just have to awaken to the simple, biblical reality that "to live is Christ, and to die is gain." This valuable resource-part of the redesigned Don't Waste Your Life Group Study Kit-can assist churches, small groups, and teachers in that task.

Designed to be used in a ten-session, guided group study along with the companion components in the kit, each fifteen-minute presentation explores the meaning and significance of making one's life count for eternity. Piper's rich teaching is a useful tool any leader or facilitator can use to direct members' understanding and guide them to treasure Christ above all.

In addition to the ten 15-minute sessions, which is designed for a guided group setting and works in tandem with the Don't Waste Your Life Group Study material, this series also has four hour-long messages as part of the Don't Waste Your Life Conference Edition, which allows you to conduct your own event.
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Most people slip by in life without a passion for God, spending their lives on trivial diversions, living for comfort and pleasure... and perhaps trying to avoid sin. Yet as John Piper teaches in this series, God has designed us for far more than this. We just have to awaken to the simple, biblical reality that "to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

The Don't Waste Your Life Conference Edition has four hour-long messages, which are designed to allows you to conduct your own church-wide event.
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If God has a perfect vision for your life, why does spiritual growth seem so difficult?

Pastor and bestselling author John Ortberg has some intriguing answers to that question, and he has organized his thoughts and God's words into a straightforward and timely guide for living your best life in The Me I Want to Be.

This group study will show how God's perfect vision for you starts with a powerful promise. All those who trust in God "will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit" (Jeremiah 17:7-8). Ortberg urges you to recognize your brokenness, understand that God is the project manager, and follow His directions. He also helps gauge your spiritual health and measure the gap between where you are now and where God intends you to be. Learn to be a thriving and flourishing Christ-follower as you study these five sessions.
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Love & Redemption

Ruth is a courageous woman. Boaz is a generous man. Both exemplified great character. Ruth needed a redeemer. We all need a redeemer.

The Book of Ruth is simply put the greatest love story, ever. Tommy Nelson, Author, Pastor, and Teacher will lead us through this compelling story of Romance & Redemption. In this journey you will learn:

The Character of a Great Woman – The Character of a Great Man – How to Find God’s Will for your Life – Your Redeemer – Our King.
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What do you do . . .
When God feels distant? When God doesn’t cooperate? When God seems late?   We all face times when it feels like God is far away. Our prayers are unanswered and our circumstances go from bad to worse. During these times, God doesn’t just seem distant; he seems distracted. 
People tell us to pray more. Preachers tell us to have more faith. But what does the Bible say? In this series, Andy Stanley explores the lives of three men from the New Testament, each loved by God, but whose circumstances seemed to tell a different story.
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Each of us grows up with a common longing and a deep-seated need for a father's blessing.  That is...a father's love, support, acceptance, security, and presence in our lives.  

Sadly, for many this need is not met, or only partially fulfilled by an earthly dad.  Still others not only lack a father's blessing, they have suffered the pain ad mistrust of a relationship gone wrong.  As a result, some unknowingly transfer negative perceptions of fathers into their relationships with God.

Yet, God longs to be known as a Perfect Father.  Through Jesus Christ this relationship- and the promise of a Perfect Father's Blessing - is available to everyone.  Through spiritual birth, we all can see, know, and enjoy God as a Perfect Father.
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"There is no neutral ground in the universe; every square inch, every split second, is claimed by God and counter-claimed by Satan." C. S. Lewis

You're under attack, even if you don't realize it. It sometimes comes in a whisper that says, "You'll never be good enough," or "God won't forgive THAT," or "No one is looking. Go ahead."

Other times the attack comes with great force and knocks you down - an unfaithful spouse or a medical crisis. Behind these attacks is a vicious enemy who hates you simply because you are precious to God.

The Bible says this enemy, Satan, roams back and forth in the earth looking for whom he can devour. Those are scary words, but if you are a believer, you don't have to fear them! Satan is no match for Jesus - or for us when we have Christ living in us!

Pete teaches on the serious subject of spiritual warfare in this 7-message series on the armor of God from Ephesians, and how these spiritual weapons can protect us from Satan's schemes and lies as we wait for Jesus to return. For now, we live in a spiritual battleground, but we can rejoice because Jesus has already secured the ultimate victory!
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Fueled by the drive to be bigger and better, today's church has adopted principles and practices created by the corporate world. The result is a toxic mix of the spiritual and the secular, where success is measured in numbers and pastors are encouraged to become CEO superstars.  Experiencing LeaderShift offered insight into some of the heresies churches have mistakenly embraced.

Now you can continue your voyage away from the marketplace mentality with Experiencing LeaderShift Together, a groundbreaking resource for equipping people and building ministries. Experience how this powerful resource can impact your life, leadership and ministry.

In six sessions you will help your team discover:

• The Zone of God's Anointing
• God's Plan for the Church
• The Role of  the Equipper
• The Role of the Server
• Why We Need to Get it Right
• Team Ministry

Take your team members to a new level in their service. Take your ministry to a new leveling its effectiveness.  Learn how to do it TOGETHER!
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Faith. Everybody lives by it—even atheists! That's right. Everyone you know trusts something they believe in but can't prove or know absolutely. They take it on faith. And if you want to talk to your friends about your faith, it helps to understand what they believe and how they got there. Because badgering people to change their minds just doesn't work.

The eight-lesson Faith Path series, based on Mark Mittelberg's book Choosing Your Faith, builds on the author's sensible, even-handed approach to evangelism. Filmed live with an audience, lessons include teaching from Mittelberg, short interviews with six fascinating individuals talking about the six faith paths they were on before they came to Christ.
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Fueled by the drive to be bigger and better, today's church has adopted principles and practices created by the corporate world. The result is a toxic mix of the spiritual and the secular, where success is measured in numbers and pastors are encouraged to become CEO superstars.  Experiencing LeaderShift offers insight into some of the heresies churches have mistakenly embraced.

The Experiencing LeaderShift Application Guide is a groundbreaking resource for transforming a leader and their ministry. Now experience how this powerful tool can impact your life, leadership, and the ministry you are building.

This Application Guide is designed to turn vision into action. Equipping others is more than a biblical concept, it's God's calling for every leader. Included is a dynamic six-session DVD that teaches you to think and act like an equipping leader. It is formatted as an individual self-study or as a leader-led training process. Either way, you'll discover:

• Biblical Foundations for leading as God intended
• God's Plan for His Church: equippers and servers-not users
• The Equipping Process-a leadership development strategy
• Calling-the power of a personal invitation
• Connecting-the process by which an outsider becomes an insider
• Coaching-putting more in than you take out
• Changing-leading others to a new vision

Fulfill your calling to be a leader who equips others for the work of service. Lead using the gifts God has given you. Experience God's blessings as you carry out His work, His way.
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Life is full of adversity and pain. Either through stress, pressure, unfortunate circumstances, or bad decisions, many of us find ourselves living in a world that has fallen apart. This series found in James 1 is designed to help you begin where you're at in order to rebuild your broken world. Whether it is redefining how you view God and life's trials or how to respond to discouragement or temptations, this study gives the solution to find healing and restoration in broken relationships and difficult circumstances.
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Do you know how God has uniquely wired you? Every believer was created to play a strategic role in the body of Christ with the gifts God has given them. But many of today's Christians face one difficult question: How do I discover my spiritual gifts and then use them effectively in my church?

This series will unpack key passages from Romans, Ephesians, and 1 Corinthians to explore the role of spiritual gifts in the believer's life, while helping you to pinpoint your own. With Biblical insight and practical steps, you'll learn how to discover, develop, and deploy your spiritual gifts so you can live a life of greater impact.
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Ready. Set. Jump! Christ is calling us to leave the little things behind and take the plunge into the river of life.

Jesus extends a massive invitation to jump into water over our heads and join him in the deep end. That is where Jesus is. Jesus did not die on the cross so that we could live in the shallow end of spiritual bliss; He died so that we can live a transcendent life in an ocean of grace that flows toward the heart of God. God is calling us to deep, rushing waters that will wash away little dreams, earthly trophies and human ambition. He's calling us to more. More of His power, presence and grace that lead to the most abundant life.

It's time to get out of the kiddie pool. Time to surrender to the current that is Jesus. Time to be fully alive.
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The challenge is simple. Love others like never before!

Your church is only as strong as the relationships in it. We invite you to join us for a 30-day challenge certain to impact your community like you've never seen before. It's our desire that through this challenge you would begin to see relationship breakthrough in your church that starts a ripple effect in your community.
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How is your love life? Think it could or should be better? Married? Single? College Student? No other area of our life impacts our quality of life more than this one. It can lead us to the best of times and for many of us it has lead to the worst of times.

The LoveLife Conference is a 6 hour investment into your present situation, your future and truly even your kids and grandkids. One of, if not the most important role we can play with our kids is giving them a happy and well adjusted home, and that starts with a healthly marriage. An ounce of prevention is most certainly worth more than a pound of cure.

LoveLife features best selling author, Pastor and International Christian Leader Pastor Mark Driscoll of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. With The Bible, primarily the Old Testament book of Song of Solomon as Pastor Mark’s guide, he will teach us with humor, candidness and grace, God’s design for Love, Dating, Marriage and Sexuality.

LoveLife events are designed for anyone 16 years or older, both married and single. God’s direct teaching on this subject will be convicting where needed, full of grace and forgiveness, and filled with tons of practical advice straight from the Giver of Love and Romance, God Himself.
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If you are trying to do everything right so you can have a happy marriage, you will probably be disappointed. Why? Because satisfying marriages are not something we can create by following a list of to-dos. Great marriages happen when we surrender completely to the Holy Spirit so He can supernaturally give us the power to love our spouse above ourselves.

In this 4-message series by Pete, he tackles some of the most difficult areas of marriage and uncovers the life-giving promises God makes to us when we allow the Spirit to lead us in our marriages:

• Submission and how it's different than you think
• Drifting apart - living in two-ness instead of oneness
• Finding hope even when your marriage isn't all you want it to be
• Sex and the lie Hollywood wants you to believe

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What would happen if churches and families worked together to teach the next generation about God? Orange! It's a color that represents the dynamic partnership between two separate influences-the light of the church (yellow) and the heart of the family (red)-combining with one strategy.

The Orange movement is changing the way churches across the nation approach children's, student, and family ministry. Now you can jump-start your own program with this three-hour series featuring reThink founder Reggie Joiner-and reach your entire staff in one session!

Let Reggie cast the vision and excite your staff with the very essence of the Orange philosophy. Filmed in the historic Holly Theater in Dahlonega, Georgia-a classic venue with an influential story of its own-The Essence of Orange is the tool you need right now.
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You are in the center of a battle - a battle to break up your marriage. There are so many forces tearing marriages apart little by little. And much of the time, we're oblivious to the gradual breakdown of our relationships. You may be raising kids, striving for success in your career, or taking care of elderly parents. Then suddenly, years into the marriage, you look across the table at your spouse and realize you're angry, disconnected, or just hopeless...and you aren't really sure why.

Think it can't happen in your marriage? Or are you already in that place and think God can't save your marriage? He can! He will! If you are at a crossroads in your marriage and think you are alone, this 3-message series by Pete Briscoe will show you how Christ can breathe new life into your relationship with your husband or wife.
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What time is it?   Where did all the time go?   Does time really fly when you’re having fun?   Maybe we think about time so much because there never seems to be enough of it.   Maybe there’s only one question we need to ask.   What am I doing with my time?   Simple question? Easy answer? It’s time you found out. In this 5-part series, Time of Your Life, Andy Stanley will help you discover that answer. Don’t waste another second.
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The gravitational pull of life presses on us and shrinks us down, yet the hope of the gospel is that we can lift our gaze and know that there is a God, the Maker of heaven and earth who is going to come on our behalf and rescue us. A God, who even when the world is closing in around us, is at work making everything possible in our lives. 

He is our help. Our miracle. Our praise.  Our hope. 

As we ascend daily into God's presence, we remember His greatness, live in confidence, rest in His grace, respond in worship and pour His love into the people around us so that many will put their trust in the One who rescues and restores.
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Family Works is an exciting new series that profiles the stories of family businesses and the joys and challenges that come as families work together.  These stirring stories of self-sacrifice and service to others will encourage, inspire and entertain viewers, while teaching valuable life and business knowledge.   The Family Works Series is a captivating blend of entertainment, inspiration and practical business instruction that features business profiles from a variety of family enterprises.  The series features families that are working together for the glory of God as they order their lives of faith, family and business.

Volume 1 features family profiles of Cook’s Pest Control and Holden Coal.
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Quick. Help. Now. Sounds like everyday life doesn't it?
Financially speaking, one of the best "quick, help, now" things you can do to reach your financial goals is to create and follow a spending plan. It's not about restraining you – it's about freeing you! But, where do you start?

In less than two hours, Creating a Spending Plan provides quick, practical help by applying God's wisdom.

What you will learn:

• Why a plan can be your best offensive strategy
• The best way to get started
• Practical tips and techniques for success
• How to live and achieve your goals

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When The Hard Times Come

Are you going through a difficult period of life? The loss of a loved one? Unemployment? A crisis of faith? During those desert times, it's easy to think God has disappeared. Instead, discover that it's only when we are totally dependent on him that we find him closer than ever and can experience God's amazing grace and provision.
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Thy Kingdom Come. Thy Will Be Done.

God's story continues in this eleventh volume of Faith Lessons with the intense devotion of his people. Discover how their passionate faith prepares the way for Jesus and his ultimate act of obedience and sacrifice at the cross. Then, be challenged in your own life to live as they did- by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
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Is God concerned about your financial situation? What does the Bible have to say about debt? What is the most important thing to know about money?

In these three engaging 30-minute session shot at LifeChurch.tv, Dave Ramsey, a personal money management expert, popular national radio and television personality, and the best-selling author of Financial Peace and The Total Money Makeover, looks to Scripture as he discusses several critical issues about your personal finances.
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You Can Make a Difference in Just Six Weeks!

DO Something! shows you how to live out your faith in a way that impacts the lives of others. This 6-session series allows you and your small group to experience this revolutionary book as a community and put your faith into action right away. With teachings from Miles McPherson, personal interviews with the people you read about in the DO Something! book, and outstanding cinematography, this series brings the DO Something! message to life. Each session is 10-15 minutes long and takes participants through an overview and the 5 P's of making their lives count.

You were created to do something great! This engaging series will show you why and how.
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Can you imagine your life without fear?

Each sunrise seems to bring fresh reasons for fear. They're talking layoffs at work, slowdowns in the economy, flare-ups in the Middle East, turnovers at headquarters, downturns in the housing market, upswings in global warming. But what if faith, not fear, was your default reaction to threats? If you could hover a fear magnet over your heart and extract every last shaving of dread, insecurity, and doubt, what would remain?

In these six lessons, Max Lucado addresses some of your biggest fears and shows you how the solution may be easier than you think. This timely study will guide you and your small group on a jouney to the day when you can trust more and fear less.
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Our faith in God often hinges on his activity—or inactivity—in our daily experiences. When our prayers are answered, our faith soars. When God is silent, it becomes harder to trust him. When God shows up in an unmistakable way, our confidence in Him reaches new heights. But when he doesn't come through, our confidence often wanes.

But it doesn't have to be that way—it's not supposed to be that way.

This 5-session study is guaranteed to transform your thinking about FAITH. As you listen or watch, you will discover the difference between faith and hope. You will be presented with a definition of FAITH that will shed new light on both the Old and New Testaments. Andy Stanley explains what we can expect of God every time we come to him with a request. In addition, he exposes the flaws in what some have labeled The Faith Movement.

Faith, Hope, and Luck is not just another group study. This content is foundational for everyone who desires to be an informed, active follower of Christ.
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Imagine how different your outlook on life would be if you had absolute confidence that God was with you. Imagine how differently you would respond to difficulties, temptations, and even good things if you knew with certainty that God was in all of it and was planning to leverage it for good. In other words, imagine what it would be like to have PERFECT faith.

In this study, Andy Stanley builds a biblical case for five things God uses to grow BIG faith.
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In six captivating sessions, pastor and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller opens your eyes to the powerful message of Jesus' best-known—and least understood—parable.

The Prodigal God is a revelation of the very heart of the gospel: God's radical love for sinners of every kind. Taking you and your small group or church beyond the traditional focus on the wayward younger son, Dr. Keller helps you glean insights from each of the characters in Jesus' parable: the irreligious younger son, the moralistic elder son, and the Father who lavishes his love on both.

The Prodigal God will challenge the devout and the skeptic alike to see Christianity in a whole new way.
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With the deluge of communication around us—books, newspapers, blogs, journals, and magazines—all insisting that their view of the world is most compelling, which should we trust? This is no small question. In fact, our answer has eternal implications.

The ten-session Why We Believe the Bible Series and Study Guide are designed to help study groups and classes explore the claim that the Bible stands above all others as the book of books, pointing infallibly to the King of kings. Through the teaching of pastor John Piper and the five guided assignments per week, participants will study biblical texts and discuss probing questions to help them see why the Bible alone is worthy of our confidence.
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They are the fundamental tenets—better known as the "five points"—of Calvinism, and they are abbreviated as TULIP: Total depravity, Unconditional election, Limited atonement, Irresistible grace, Perseverance of the saints.

John Piper walks study groups through each point in this series and its companion Study Guide, discussing the implications and the issues from a fully biblical perspective. Piper's 30-minute teachings cover topics that include the meaning of "total" in total depravity, doing missions when God is sovereign, Romans 9 and the two wills of God, and ten effects of believing the five points of Calvinism.

This sixteen-session, guided group study equips facilitators, teachers, group leaders, and pastors to help their members understand the all-important differences between Calvinism and Arminianism. It also calls them to hold fast to biblical truth regarding God's salvific work in his people's lives.
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Has Christmas lost its significance?

It's one of the most familiar stories in human history: the birth of Jesus in a lowly manger in Bethlehem. A Savior, which is Christ the Lord. Yet, how can we prepare our hearts to celebrate the birth of our Savior in our frantic, consumer-driven society? How do we make sure the Christmas holiday remains a Holy Day?

In each of these four Advent sessions in this video Bible study, viewers will experience cinematic short films that capture events surrounding the birth of Jesus Christ. Then Pete Briscoe will open up Scripture to bring us back to the roots and heart of our faith in Christ.
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Most Christians feel that they should share their faith with others but feel too busy to take on an added responsibility. This resource lays to rest the myth that evangelism is an "add on" activity by showing that sharing the faith is something that happens in the context of daily life. Small group members will enter the context of a coffee shop where Chris Conrad shares insights on missional living in six casual teaching sessions. As he addresses the viewers, others in the coffee shop demonstrate the way everyday situations can become the setting for spiritual conversations.

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Your marriage is much more than a union between you and your spouse. It is a spiritual discipline ideally suited to help you know God more fully and intimately.

Sacred Marriage shifts the focus from marital enrichment to spiritual enrichment in ways that can help you love your mate more. Whether it is delightful or difficult, your marriage can become a doorway to a closer walk with God. Everything about your marriage—everything from the history you and your spouse create, to the love you share, to the forgiveness you both offer and seek by turn—is filled with the capacity to help you grow in Christ's character.

This six-session, small group curriculum will equip you to love God more passionately, reflect the nature of his Son more precisely, and fulfill God's overarching purpose for your marriage. Writer and speaker Gary Thomas invites you to see how God can use marriage as a discipline and a motivation to love Him more and reflect more of the character of His Son.
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The Ten Commandments were written in stone 3500 years ago, half a world away. Now we can see them lived out on the streets of the City of Angels: Los Angeles, California. In this dramatic conclusion to the stories and characters from The Ten: 1–5, The Ten: 6–10 looks at murder, adultery, theft, lies, and desires through the lense of today. We see the dire consequences of choosing to ignore God's Commandments, but more importantly, we see the power of God's enduring love through the journey of redemption.

LIQUID will revolutionize the way you view small group study. This experience features five 10-minute episodes in each series. Each episode introduces present-day character whose problems and struggles mirror biblical stories, illustrating that God's Word is as true today as it was when it was written. With emotionally provoking videos, introspective questions, and tips for leading a small group, LIQUID is the perfect experience for individual growth or small group study.
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Has anything really changed in 2000 years?

Americans live in a culture that places high emphasis on entertainment, achievement and self. It’s increasingly difficult for Scriptural Truth to cut through the noise and sink into our hearts. But when we stop and study Scripture, the culture we live in faces the same problems as the early church.

In these four video Bible study sessions, David Nasser uses the life of Paul to highlight how followers of Christ can stand up to cultural “norms” and stand firm in Christ.  David Nasser teaches from several historical places including the Coliseum, the road to Rome, Mamertime Prison, and more.
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Does being in a small group really change anything in my life?

We all long to be connected with friends. We long to know and be known by God. We long to make a difference. How does being in a small group impact those things?  

In these four video Bible study sessions, Alan Danielson will take a look at four questions every small group should ask themselves. You’ll hear real-life interviews from small groups whose lives were changed after they asked themselves those very questions.
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If your life was made into a movie, would you want to go see it?

Morning after morning, we get up to the same routine, the same job, the same chores, only to go to bed and repeat it all the next day … the next week … the next month. What would it be like to live the epic adventures we see in movies?

In this Bible study, Let Story Guide You, Donald Miller shares the important principles good storytellers use to make a story meaningful. He shows the power of storytelling being used in the Bible to teach significance and purpose. In his trademark humorous and personal style, Donald challenges viewers to become the heroes of their own story and make their lives count.
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How can I help a world in need?

War, poverty, despair … the world’s problems seem overwhelming. Where do we even start? Bono, Oprah and other celebrities have the resources to make a difference … should we just leave it up to them? Or does God have a role for each of us?

In these four Bible study sessions, Todd Phillips travels to Rwanda and the Republic of Congo to explore how he will make a difference to people looking for hope and help.  From the villages and refugee camps of the region, Todd uses Biblical teaching to reveal the important role God has for each of us to rescue the world.
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What unknowns are you facing in life?

Many people feel like their life leads them from one path to the next with no certainty.  Is this the right job?  Is he or she “the one?”  Is now the time to have kids? What do I do now? Am I even on the right path?

In these four video Bible study sessions, viewers will experience cinematic short films that show Abraham living in the 21st century. What might he think and feel with the incredible steps of faith God asked him to take? After each short film, Mark Batterson will teach on the Biblical principles from Abraham’s story that apply to us today.
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When we pray, does God answer?
Was that God's voice, or my own?

When God really wants to get your attention, he doesn’t just say something once, he echoes. He speaks through a Sunday sermon, a chance conversation with a friend the next day, and even a random email. The same theme, idea, impression, or lesson will repeat itself in surprising and unexpected ways until you realize that maybe, just maybe, God is at work.As God’s voice echoes to us, we are invited to echo back to him in prayer.

In each of the six Bible study sessions, Margaret Feinberg provides Biblical and practical teaching that will offer a fresh perspective on our interactions with God through prayer. Each session also includes interviews with people who share their personal times when God was silent and times when God was at work.
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Who was Jesus and why does it matter?

The Open Table introduces believers and nonbelievers to the person and deity of Christ in a new and refreshing way.

There are many people who argue God doesn’t exist and many who argue God does. Still, millions know that, all arguments aside, what they feel in their souls is a need for God. To some, the idea of searching for God sounds as ridiculous as chasing a leprechaun to get his pot of gold. And yet few go looking for a leprechaun, while millions go on looking for God. At the heart of the Christian story—the story at the heart of The Open Table—is this basic idea: God shows up in the lives of people who search for Him.

The Open Table series uses state of the art video and the power of personal testimony to put God in front of anyone who has yet to meet Him. The Open Table Participant’s Guide is for those whose interest is sparked and who want to dig deeper. In the unique and relevant voice of Don Miller, The Open Table introduces people to the person and deity of Christ, and everyone is invited to the table.
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In this dynamic companion to the book Forgotten God, breakthrough author Francis Chan reminds us of the true source of the church’s power—the Holy Spirit. Chan contends that we’ve ignored the Spirit for far too long, and that without Him, we operate in our own strength, only accomplishing human-sized results.


This seven-session video resource offers a compelling invitation to understand, embrace, and follow the Holy Spirit’s direction in our lives. It is designed to initiate and facilitate discussion, interaction and practical application of the message of Forgotten God.


Francis’ thought-provoking teaching makes this a valuable resource for small groups, churches, youth groups, and college campus ministries.
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Amazing ... Remarkable ... Incomparable ...

Does that describe your life? In this eight-session video curriculum, respected author and teacher Don Cousins invites you to see how God intended your life to be—a life for which there is no logical explanation apart from God.

Based on the dynamic book Unexplainable, each 15 minute session shares a life-changing story that encourages meaningful discussion with relevant questions. It allows groups to dig deeper into the concepts of contentment, success, and significance as presented in the book.

Come explore how to be an unexplainable testimony to His greatness!
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Are you busy, tired, stressed out, and stretched to the limit? Does life seem a little out of control? Are you running long on "to do's" and short on time?

In the series, Balancing Life's Demands, you will learn how to put "first things first" and find peace in the midst of pressure and adversity. This isn't about cliches or quick fixes, just practical biblical insights to help you order your personal world. This series was previously titled Biblical Priorities.
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Your friends are looking for answers to life's most profound questions …

Is there a God? Can I know Him? Is this all there is, or is there more?

In today's uncertain times, people are searching for answers to life's most difficult questions—especially about faith. The Explore training series helps prepare you and your small group to answer confidently and effectively. Created by Robert Lewis, author of the best-selling Men's Fraternity™ curriculum, this easy-to-use, interactive series will encourage you in your faith and equip you to share your faith with confidence and practical knowledge to lead another adult into a life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ.
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As parents our deepest desire is to raise children who succeed in life. This is also our greatest challenge. How can we foster traits such as honesty, compassion, and dedication in young minds? How can we raise children who will love and serve God as adults? How can we develop future spiritual champions?


The Revolutionary Parenting series will help you create a plan for your family to do just that. Drawn from a landmark study of Christian twentysomethings and the parents who raised them, these resources are designed to help you build a solid foundation of faith in your child. Revolutionary Parenting is an eight-week journey designed to help you create a parenting plan for your unique children.


So whether you're the parent of a newborn, a teenager, or any age in between, join the revolution and share a lasting legacy of faith with your children.
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Join Matt Chandler, Teaching Pastor of The Village Church in Dallas, TX, as he walks us through this most intimate of all Paul’s letters and paints a beautiful picture of what it is to be a mature Christian.

The story begins in Philippi where Paul introduces three individuals that were all enslaved by the kind of things that we often choose over the gospel: Lydia, the Business Executive, The Little Slave Girl, and The Hard Working Jailer

Their lives portray dysfunction and emptiness, but are totally transformed by the Gospel. True joy and Christ’s love begin to live within them, giving them a life of purpose. In fact, Paul himself was enslaved and then by God’s grace and mercy he could pen these popular and profound words: To Live is Christ and to Die is Gain. I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
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Six Epic Short Films...One Timeless Message

Throughout history, people have wrestled with the concept of trusting God to meet their needs versus relying on their own efforts, other people, money, or other things society has to offer.

Thankfully, through stirring accounts and parables found in the Bible, God reveals how He wants to be our Provider above anything else. These relevant stories present us wisdom, truth, encouragement and practical steps we can take to develop and deepen a relationship of trust with the God of the universe.

The God Provides Learning Experience offers a rich, dramatic journey through six theater-quality, epic short films and printed Companion Guide that can be used for individual or group study in a variety of ways—homes, businesses, churches, academic institutions, and more.
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Would you believe someone who told you that God's plan for marriage includes fulfilling sex, romantic love, and healthy, vibrant communication? You should, because it's true!

In Sex,Love & Communication, Jimmy Evans explains important truth that will help you create a beautiful, passionate marriage other couple will want to imitate.

This 4-session series will teach you:

• The one element every good marriage has in common
• How to experience lasting passion and intimacy in your marriage.
• The three factors that must be present to create and protect lasting love
• How to understand and deal with dysfunctional methods of communication
• The three steps to striking your sexual match
• And much more!

 
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See Your Child Through God's Eyes

Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Essentials of Parenting brings top childrearing experts into your home or church-with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

Essentials of Parenting: Raising Kids with a Faith that Lasts introduces you to one of your greatest privileges-helping your child begin a relationship with God. You'll see how everyday conversations, family fun, and purposeful projects build spiritual foundations your son or daughter can rely on for a lifetime- and beyond.
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Hosted by popular counselor and author Dr. Greg Smalley, Essentials of Marriage brings top relationship experts into your home or church- with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

In Essentials of Marriage: Higher Love, you'll see your partnership from God's perspective. What's His plan- and your purpose? Gary Thomas (Sacred Marriage) and Dr. Del Tackett (Focus on the Family's The Truth Project) reveal how praying and serving together, listening to your mate's emotions, and dropping mistaken beliefs can bring you closer. You and your spouse or group will find new meaning- and joy- in your journey.
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaining series from Focus on the Family. Hosted by popular and author Dr. Greg Smalley, Essentials of Marriage brings top relationship experts into your home or church- with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

In Essentials Of Marriage: Handle With Care, authorities like Dr. John Trent, Dave Ramsey, and Kay Arthur spell out strategies for dealing with the biggest threat couples face today- including anger, depression, sexual issues, and financial battles. You and your spouse or group will discover new- yet Bible-based- ways to beat these marriage busters.
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Everybody Needs The Essentials! That's what you get in this powerful, entertaing series from Focus on the Family. Hosted by popular counselor and author Dr. Greg Smalley, Essentials of Marriage brings top relationship experts into your home or church- with practical wisdom, honest confessions, and decades of experience.

Essentials Of Marriage: Who Did You Really Marry? reveals how even opposites can get along, communicate, and resolve disagreements, and explains the five "love languages" that bring couples closer. You and your spouse or group will discover how two very different people can "become one" as God intended.
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"Do You Really Believe That What You Believe is Really Real?"

Does God Exist?

Can we prove the existence of God, or are we left to grapple in the dark and take blind leaps of faith about what we believe?

Everyone asks these questions, and maybe you think you have the answers. But can you defend your beliefs when peers and professors are challenging your worldview?

In TrueU: Does God Exist? Dr. Stephen Meyer plays a "philosophical survival game" pitting four worldviews against one another in the quest to decide which one gives the best answers. Dr. Meyer helps you examine the evidence and provides the tools needed to defend your faith and make it your own.

 

 
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Unraveling the Lies That Twist Our Lives

In six insight-packed sessions, Andy Stanley exposes four destructive and all-too-prevalent lies about authority, pain, sex, and sin. They’re deceptions powerful enough to ruin our relationships, our lives, even our eternities—but only if we let them.

Twisting the Truth untwists the lies that can drag us down. With his gift for straight, to-the-heart communication, Andy Stanley helps us exchange falsehoods for truths that can turn our lives completely around.
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In this powerful curriculum, Chuck Colson and Gabe Lyons identify the unshakable tenets of the faith that Christians have believed through the centuries—truths that offer a ground for faith in uncertain times, hope and joy for those who despair, and reconciliation for a world at war with God and itself.

Rightly understood and rightly communicated, the Christian faith is one of great joy. It is an invitation to God’s kingdom, where tears are replaced by laughter and longing hearts find their purpose and their home. This is the heart of the gospel: God’s search to reclaim us and love us as his own. But have we truly grasped this?

The Faith is a curriculum for our troubled times and for decades to come, for Christians and non-Christians alike. Chuck Colson and Gabe Lyons will lead you through six thought-provoking, soul-searching, and powerful sessions on the great, historical central truths of Christianity that have sustained believers through the centuries. Brought to immediacy with vivid, true stories, here is what Christianity is really about and why it is a religion of hope, redemption, and beauty.
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What do you say about who Jesus is? What about your friends? What does our culture say about Jesus? There is no greater question. No one is more loved and hated than Jesus. “To some an aroma of life. To others an aroma of death.”

Features 12 teaching sessions by Mark Driscoll. This study of the life of Jesus calls us all to examine the Truth about Him in a world that desires to water down or even exclude some of the key points in scripture relating to who Jesus was and how He changed history.
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Has Jesus become a product?

The average American encounters more than 3000 advertisements each day

The formula for most ads is:
1. You are not happy
2. You will be happy if you purchase this product.

How has this overwhelming commercial message shaped our view of spirituality, the church and Jesus?

In this video Bible study, Free Market Jesus, Donald Miller illustrates how culture always serves as a lens for our understanding of Christianity.  He then addresses how scripture defines spirituality and why the scripture is still relevant in our modern culture.
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